Key carrier



I I l s Feb' 8"?927 M. l.. Ross r-:T AL 616704 KEY CARRIER Filed Aug.27, 1926 John W IDOE 2475 WEL/ s S11 g pl'ac'eabl'e4 'so thatwhen the :oyvnerof the keyfv y carrier removesvfromrone" addressz to ane. other, yVthe "address platef-vr can be' y conveniently describediandfclaimed:zbestiunlder'stood'loy reference. "to" the'A accomp' anyiiig' drawingVforming afpart of thisfspecification',.and in' fao .Pa/festeja y Feb."s, :19271; j v` y i j l i 1 invention' relatesl to"l carriersfgand' thesai:if`1'e`"ha s-foiitsl mainobject-the-proL vision of' anjimprvedcons'tru'cjtion-l of: this; characterfWhich-Will embody.vc'erta'inf'desiredV` features'fo'l simplicity; eiiibiency yand con- Yplate", for j identifying' the*y ovv-ner' of ythe* key carrier, theAarrangementheing suchL that the` address*plate'` is'f readily removable1 and frecha'n'ged l. n Y. Otherobjectsv Wil-lA appear` hereinafter;

l ffflfief inventioii"4 consistsV inthe 'combinar-' tions? and.arrangements of parts hereinafter Vemployedi"for carryi'iigfi thel'keys and also showing tlieterminal fastener for'the chain,

Fig.,t Vis allongitudinal section taken on the .une i-li of Fig. vi;

' Fig. 5 represents aplan vieyv of the main holder and guide, the chainand' 'address plate holder being omitted;

Y Fig.'6 is a plan view of an address plate;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the Vaddress plate holder; and

Fig. Srepresentsa cross section "on an en-V larged scale taken yon theline 8 8 of Fig. 1.

Our invention, vin its preferred?form'r ofV construction as illustrated'in vthe accom panyingf drawing, comprises a main holderQ made intheform of a. flat faced key having an elongated shank portion 10 and acircular head portion 11. A guide strip 12 is .se` cured as by means ofrivets 413 upon one face holder and extends the entire of themain lengththereof from the free end of the shank'portion 10V to the opposite freeend of the head portion 11 as best shoWnin Fig.

5. rlhe longitudinal marginal edges ofthe face, of the main vholder soas to produce guiding edges or flanges 14 on Which'uour eddie/SS niet@and slidably mounted-ll vention, thehead end 11,

ofuide strip 12 are oset'outwardly from the i 'llhe'zA vaddress pl tepresent "l invention Vcomprises a 'channel' shaped fframef ceiili'sistin'gpfa face'V platel 15,,Which is made ciic'elluloiclprothersuitable `.tran'spagent".A 1

addessf are i (itl matleli @Onnetiusloiposed Sides. 16" Whbsei' marginaledges"aref. bent.inwardlyfl towarii: Y each` -otnerp'tog provide flangesllfladapted' slidably. to engage the1,uiider'faces `'offA the" guiding,-edgfes 114, whereby; tol' `mounty and retain theVl address plate YholderA ufpon.' the ai-e lapp-lied` Ato the ,guiding edges. ,14, the vad'-,Y

dressA `pla/te I V18ky will Vvseat upon p' thev top.siii"-7 vfaces oftheguidingiedges Will be vimprisoned: between saidfguiding edgesjll" jguide stri-.py 12 formed withy i a vstop!.piece 19 l at the endcorresponding with thefreeend of thehandleportionlO; and in view 0fthe.V

Vprovision,ofthisstop, itWill be evident that *andfthei transparentfaceplate 15." lathe present eemplitication, Wel have shown. the` theaddress plate holder With its v.address Vplate is applied to the'. guidelstrip from the.

head end 11,1 the address plate-holder with vits address plate beinglslidalolyA moved upon the guiding edgesV 14 until they abut the p stop19.

' According to a featiire ofoui"V presentvinj. guide strip 12, addressplate 18, and face plate 15 are provided Withl the respective apertures20, 21,

'22 and 23, said apertures beingprovided in n, corresponding ends ofsaid parts and being 10ov v of corresponding size, as clearlyillustratedv in Figs. l to 7 inclusive. The means for car-v L lrying the'keys as shown in the present exem-A plification consists of a chain' 24adapted vto betaken throughfthe registering(apertures,v

20,21, 22 and 23; said chain being made of hollow ball-like links 25vconnected by sin-` v gle strandsf26, the'A terminalsgof rthe singleball-likeflinks as best shown in Fig. 3. -As av means for connectingvthe terminal ends strands 26 'being headed as atj27 inside the Y theapertures thereof.

ofthe `Chain, we preferably employ a fastener 28 of hollow cylindricalform,'there being end openings 29 for receiving the link 'strands 26 anda center opening v30 for receiving the ball-like links 25, it beingobserved that the center opening- 30 is in conmunication with the endopenings 29 by slits or narrow necks 8l through which the strands 26arerslippedwhenfthe ball-like links areentered into or remo-ved from thecenter openin'g`30.vv By means of this fastener, either of theV terminalends of the chain may be disconnected for the removal orv applicationkof keys. It will be evident that the address plate and the address plateholder will be held in place upon the guide strip when the chain 24 ispassed through From the foregoing description and a study' of thedrawing, it will be apparent that we have provided a simple, efcient andconvenient key carrier and one in which the address plate can be quicklyand conveniently replaced Vfrom time to time as occasion requires andWithoutexpense.V

While we have illustrated and described the lpreferred form ofconstruction'for carrying our invention into effect, this isA capable ofvariation and modilication without departk ing from the spiritfof theinvention. WVe, therefore, do not vwish to be limited to the precisedetails ofl construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves -ofsuch variations vand modifications ascome within the scope of theappended claims.

Having described our invention whatwe claim 'as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l. Arkey'carrier comprising a main holdstrips; an addressv plate holderVconsisting of sidejlanges connected by a transparent face plate arrangedon the'main holder with-,side lianges engagingr saidguide strips; an adidress vplate conta-ined in the addressplate holderV and visible throughthe face plate thereof; alined apertures in one end oft-he niain holderand face plate; and key carrying means extending through said-apertures,lsubstantially as described. y

3. Amain holder in the form of a key having a shank and head, therebeing ail-.aperture in said head; a strip with guide edges .secured tosaid holder vand extending the entire length of the shank and head, incombination with. an address platekholder oonsisting of side iiangesVand' aconnectingV transparent face plate, saidv side flanges havingsliding engagement Withivsaid .guide edges and said face plate havinganaperture `registering with the aperture in said head;

anV address plate contained in the address plate holder andV displayedthrough the face Vplate thereof; andkey carrying means eX- tendingthrough said apertured head and face plate, substantially asldescribed.

n testimony. whereof We have signed our namesY to this specification.`

MAURICE L; Ross. f

BERNIE A. Ross.

